Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

🎂 4th September 1951 (74 yrs) 📍 Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.

Kaoru Kobayashi

🎬 Movies Featuring Kaoru Kobayashi

Love Begins in the World of If

Love Begins in the World of If (2025)

as Gaku Ibushi
The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom (2025)

as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
Sham

Sham (2025)

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin (2025)

Promised Land

Promised Land (2024)

The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)

as Fujiwara Yosuke
Kubi

Kubi (2023)

as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (2023)

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

as Noble Pelican (voice)
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 (2023)

Trapped Balloon

Trapped Balloon (2023)

as Shigezo Kojima
Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)

as Shoichi Hoshino
Yes, I Can't Swim

Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)

as Professor Kamoshita
Winter Rose

Winter Rose (2022)

as Giichi Wataguchi
Arc

Arc (2021)

as Rihito
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)

as Hirotaro Yamane
Independence of Japan

Independence of Japan (2020)

The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats (2019)

as Iwao
His Lost Name

His Lost Name (2019)

as Tetsuro
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017)

as Takeo Matsuoka
Lear on the Shore

Lear on the Shore (2017)

Mukoku

Mukoku (2017)

as Shozo Yatabe
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)

as Seiichi Morita
An Emblem Dedicated To You

An Emblem Dedicated To You (2017)

as Nakagawa Akiko
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016)

as Jisaku Koka
Midnight Diner 2

Midnight Diner 2 (2016)

as Master
Natsumi's Firefly

Natsumi's Firefly (2016)

as Sakakiyama
Botchan

Botchan (2016)

as Madonna’s father
Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner (2014)

as Master
Climbing to Spring

Climbing to Spring (2014)

as Isao Nagamine
The End of Summer

The End of Summer (2013)

as Shingo Kosugi
Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)

as Toshiharu Nakazato
The Great Passage

The Great Passage (2013)

as Kohei Araki
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)

as Masashi Sera
The Egoists

The Egoists (2011)

as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)

as Ryuzo Higa
Abraxas

Abraxas (2010)

A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three (2010)

Haru's Journey

Haru's Journey (2010)

as Kinoshita
Boys on the Run

Boys on the Run (2010)

as Suzuki san
Kamui

Kamui (2009)

as Hanbei
Then Summer Came

Then Summer Came (2008)

Vacation

Vacation (2008)

as Toru Hirai
Double Trouble

Double Trouble (2008)

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

as Oton
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya (2006)

as Yasutada Kamiya
Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

as The King (voice)
A Melody for My Father

A Melody for My Father (2005)

Female

Female (2005)

as Old man
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)

as Mitsuru Watanabe
Like Asura

Like Asura (2003)

as Takao Satomi
Ten Dark Women

Ten Dark Women (2002)

Ghiblies: Episode 2

Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002)

as Toshi-chan (Voice)
The Black House

The Black House (1999)

Secret

Secret (1999)

as Heisuke Sugita
The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine (1999)

as Taiji Ogami
Coquille

Coquille (1999)

as Tatsuya Urayama
Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke (1997)

as Jikobo (voice)
The Way of Osaka Financing 1

The Way of Osaka Financing 1 (1996)

Uneasy Encounters

Uneasy Encounters (1994)

Chibusa

Chibusa (1993)

The Tomb & the Divorce

The Tomb & the Divorce (1993)

as Yoshinori Ishino
The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat (1993)

as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
Shimanto River

Shimanto River (1991)

Hong Kong Paradise

Hong Kong Paradise (1990)

as Hachirou Ooishi
Untamagiru

Untamagiru (1989)

as Giru
Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka (1988)

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988)

as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)

as Saitô (voice)
For Business

For Business (1986)

as Miyabi Sakuramiya
And Then

And Then (1985)

as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Love Letter

Love Letter (1985)

as Tetsushi Kamiya
Paradise View

Paradise View (1985)

as Reishu Goya
The Funeral

The Funeral (1984)

as Inose
The Wangan Highway

The Wangan Highway (1984)

as Nakamura
No Image

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! (1984)

The Second Love

The Second Love (1983)

as Hideo Hyuga
The Dropout

The Dropout (1982)

Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing (1981)

as Me
Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness (1981)

as Tatsuo Tamura
Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea (1979)

as Eisuke Morimoto
Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin (1977)

as Torazo
The Sea of Genkai

The Sea of Genkai (1976)